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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yair Dgani, Raanana, IL;
Michael Kerner, Tel Mond M, IL;
Elan Banin, Raanana, IL;
Evgeny Shumaker, Nesher, IL;
Gil Horovitz, Ekem-Hefer, IL;
Ofir Degani, Nes-Ammin, IL;
Rotem Banin, Even-Yehuda, IL;
Aryeh Farber, Petah Tikva, IL;
Rotem Avivi, Petah-Tiqwa, IL;
Eshel Gordon, Aloney Aba, IL;
Tami Sela, Ra'anana, IL;
Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A time-to-digital converter is provided. The time-to-digital converter includes a delay circuit configured to iteratively delay a reference signal for generating a plurality of delayed reference signals. Further, the time-to-digital converter includes a plurality of sample circuits each configured to sample an oscillation signal based on one of the plurality of delayed reference signals. The time-to-digital converter additionally includes a control circuit configured to de-activate at least one of the plurality of sample circuits based on a predicted value of the phase of the oscillation signal.